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Date:      Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:33:29 -0500
From:      Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>
To:        stevefranks@ieee.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: arbitrary build can't find libs - right way to do this?
Message-ID:  <47437CD9.2070206@ibctech.ca>
In-Reply-To: <539c60b90711201612o5c8cfc99ma53829b181959e15@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <539c60b90711201434s361ec72co898fad601f35535a@mail.gmail.com>	<20071120231601.GB1161@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <539c60b90711201612o5c8cfc99ma53829b181959e15@mail.gmail.com>

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> I'd love to (submit a port), but how do I make a port if I can't even
> get it to work the first time myself?
>     configure --includedir=/usr/local/include doesn't work;
>     export CPATH =/usr/local/include doesn't work;
>     export CPPFLAGS -l/usr/local/include doesn't work;
>     I've checked the permissions,
>     and I can see the file right there, but configure/gcc can't.  The
> developer swears something must be 'different' about freebsd because
> his gcc finds the same file in /usr/local/include.  Appears his system
> is gentoo...

Would you be able to provide access to a tarball of what you are trying
to compile/install for external testing so more eyeballs can see?

Steve



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